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Offseason Position Reviews: Starting Pitching · Bucco Territory: A Pittsburgh Pirates Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of Bucko Territory,
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  Speaker 1: presented to you by the Foul Territory Network. I'm Noah Hiles.
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  Speaker 1: Joining me, as always, are my co-hosts, Platinum Key, a.k.a.
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  Speaker 1: Mark and Josh Harrison. It is Tuesday, October 6th. The
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  Speaker 1: postseason is going on. Pirates are not involved, so we
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  Speaker 1: will be talking about what it's going to look like, potentially,
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  Speaker 1: for this team in 2027. We hinted at this last week.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to go position by position here in the
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  Speaker 1: month of October, just kind of review all the different
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  Speaker 1: position groups, what could be coming back, what they might
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  Speaker 1: want to add. And for today's show, we're talking about
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  Speaker 1: the starting rotation. So the way this will go is
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  Speaker 1: we're going to start off by just kind of reviewing
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  Speaker 1: again a little bit like how we thought they did,
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  Speaker 1: talking about the guys coming back and what you can expect,
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  Speaker 1: maybe some internal additions they can make to it as
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  Speaker 1: far as like minor league call-ups, giving guys some other responsibilities.
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  Speaker 1: Then we'll take a little break. Then we'll talk about
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  Speaker 1: if they were to add, what they would want to add.
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  Speaker 1: And it doesn't even need to necessarily be like, a
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  Speaker 1: specific name, but just more like the idea of it.
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  Speaker 1: And that's going to be today's show. So guys, without
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  Speaker 1: further ado, let's get into it. The starting rotation was
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be the best element of this team this year.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you could definitively say it was.
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  Speaker 1: It was certainly good, but probably not good enough. And
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  Speaker 1: obviously that starts with Paul Skeens. He was the headliner
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  Speaker 1: of this rotation entering the season as the reigning National
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  Speaker 1: League Cy Young. He was an all-star, but he was
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  Speaker 1: not a Cy Young this year.
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  Speaker 2: Jared Jones, I.
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  Speaker 1: Think, took a step forward. Braxton Ashcraft took a step
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  Speaker 1: forward and as did Bubba Chandler. So the other three,
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  Speaker 1: the three young guys all look pretty good. Mitch Keller regressed.
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  Speaker 1: He went on the IL in early August and missed
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Before that, he was not
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  Speaker 1: very good. Confusing to kind of picture what he looks
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  Speaker 1: like next year. So with all that being established, right,
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  Speaker 1: you still have your headliner, you have three guys who
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  Speaker 1: are trending upward, and then you have Mitch Keller. I'll
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  Speaker 1: ask Mark, I mean, how do you feel about this
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  Speaker 1: rotation as a whole heading into next year? Are you
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  Speaker 1: good with where it's at?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I'm feeling really, really good about this rotation,
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  Speaker 3: mostly because of the three guys that you mentioned, Braxton Ashcraft,
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  Speaker 3: Bubba Chandler, Jared Jones.
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  Speaker 2: They.
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  Speaker 3: finished on such a high note. I mean, Jared Jones
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  Speaker 3: having the lowest CRA in baseball for the final month
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  Speaker 3: and Braxton Ashcroft getting an all-star nod. Bubba Chandler just
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  Speaker 3: consistently looking better and better and better each start. I
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  Speaker 3: am so excited to see how he attacks next year.
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  Speaker 3: I think his ceiling is just the highest of those three,
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  Speaker 3: which is crazy to say because Jared Jones and Braxton
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  Speaker 3: Ashcroft are both really, really talented. But Bubba's just such
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  Speaker 3: a freak athlete that I really think we just haven't
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  Speaker 3: even seen him scratch the surface. So that's what I'm
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  Speaker 3: excited about. But as far as Keller, it's going to
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  Speaker 3: be interesting to see what they do. Because one, how
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  Speaker 3: is he going to look? But two, he's due $ 18 million.
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  Speaker 3: And $ 20 million the year after that. So that's a
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  Speaker 3: sizable contract investment for a big question mark right now.
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  Speaker 3: So how you... approach your offseason I feel like with
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  Speaker 3: the starting rotation really kind of centers on what you
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  Speaker 3: do with Mitch Keller do you want to hold him
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  Speaker 3: do you want to wait or do you want to
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  Speaker 3: see if you can find a deal for him.
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  Speaker 2: Josh so um you know analyzing everything both of you
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  Speaker 2: all said you mentioned the three that took step forwards
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  Speaker 2: um you know took a step forward you gotta like
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  Speaker 2: where the, you know, rotation is. If you mentioned those
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  Speaker 2: three taking a step forward, which before the season, those
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  Speaker 2: were the guys that we said were going to be
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  Speaker 2: key to the rotation. Little did we know that Paul considering,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Paul's held to a higher standard, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was a down year for Paul. Um, but on,
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  Speaker 2: at the same time, when we were talking about those
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  Speaker 2: three names, we were, you know, mentioning Paul and Mitch
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  Speaker 2: kind of being the two front runners of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: been there, done that less lead and show the way, um,
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  Speaker 2: And I still think you got to be looking pretty positive. Um,
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  Speaker 2: cause as you sit and reflect, you know, maybe at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the season, Paul was able to identify
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  Speaker 2: where he went wrong or where the breakdown. So you,
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  Speaker 2: you look to say, maybe this is that outlier, you know, on,
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  Speaker 2: on the back of Paul's car to where he come
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  Speaker 2: back next year. And he's, you know, the Paul schemes
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  Speaker 2: of what you expected in those three guys taking a
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  Speaker 2: step forward. You have the question Mark with Mitch Keller, um, health,
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  Speaker 2: obviously contract status, but, um, you know, you still want
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  Speaker 2: to look into maybe, as you said, Noah calls for
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  Speaker 2: option of internal depth, something that we may cover in
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  Speaker 2: the next segment, you know, if you were to add externally.
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  Speaker 2: But I would say you got to like your front four,
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  Speaker 2: just given that, you know, you expect Paul to come
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  Speaker 2: back and be Paul. And if those other three guys
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  Speaker 2: continue to take strides forward, you know, you're talking about
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  Speaker 2: a fifth starter, which every team is talking about a
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  Speaker 2: fifth starter. And, you know, obviously you have the question
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  Speaker 2: mark with Mitch, but, you know, Now you're not looking like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: we got two spots. I mean, still going to check
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  Speaker 2: your depth. But, you know, as I said, you're expecting
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  Speaker 2: Paul to come back and really be the anchor of
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  Speaker 2: this rotation. And hopefully, you know, those three guys continue
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  Speaker 2: to trend upward and you're looking like what we thought
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  Speaker 2: this rotation was going to be. The, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: front runner to kind of, you know, anchor this team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, on the note of the fifth starter, it's interesting
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  Speaker 1: because on paper, yeah, the one through five is pretty clear-cut,
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  Speaker 1: assuming Keller's ready for the beginning of this season. And while, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you have guys who you wonder what their innings limits
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  Speaker 1: will still be like, like Ashcraft obviously didn't finish the
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  Speaker 1: year healthy, workload will probably be something they monitor with him.
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  Speaker 1: Jared Jones, first full season back after the arm surgery,
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  Speaker 1: and they're probably just going to have to monitor his
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  Speaker 1: workload again for his entire career, honestly. But even with
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  Speaker 1: that said, you have good fill-in guys. If you need
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  Speaker 1: to have Carmen be a starter for a month, that's
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  Speaker 1: not an option I would like to see, but that's
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  Speaker 1: an option you have. You have Christian Curtis. You have
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  Speaker 1: a guy like Wilbur Dottel who could get you through
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  Speaker 1: the order at least twice. Players like that who really
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  Speaker 1: can kind of fill that void temporarily. It's just the
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  Speaker 1: question of if you're... if your main four can remain
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  Speaker 1: healthy and if that's the case, and obviously that's what
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  Speaker 1: a lot of teams hope to happen or have happened.
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  Speaker 1: But if these, if these four can just give you
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  Speaker 1: a full season, then you really don't need a lot
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  Speaker 1: of work. But before we go to a break real quick,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, guys who are, is there anyone else that
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  Speaker 1: I named that you would like to maybe see get
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of a look into the rotation next
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  Speaker 1: year as just kind of like a supplementary piece. If
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  Speaker 1: guys go down, give this guy an opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: I'll start really quick. Uh, Christian Curtis, uh, we saw
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  Speaker 3: a little bit in MLB, uh, very intrigued to see
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  Speaker 3: what he can do as a starter. Um, I feel
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  Speaker 3: like that's a decent option. And then I'll let Josh take, uh, the,
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  Speaker 3: the other more fun option here.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I was going to go Wilbur Dottel. Okay. Um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Wilbur, obviously, you know, I, I had a
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  Speaker 2: little birdie, as I mentioned earlier, that saw him in
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  Speaker 2: spring before he came up and, you know, Wilbur pitched
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  Speaker 2: really well out of, you know, relief, but, um, You know,
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  Speaker 2: guys like that, sometimes when you need them to step up,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes guys like that are interesting options to be him.
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  Speaker 2: And then I know another guy, maybe I remember, as
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, like Antoine Kelly, depending on how his development
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  Speaker 2: comes and, you know, throughout spring. But, you know, these
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  Speaker 2: are guys that I could see getting opportunities, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if Mitch isn't quite ready right away. Because obviously, even
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  Speaker 2: if Mitch is ready, you don't know what Mitch you're
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  Speaker 2: going to get. Coming back from injury. Just being honest,
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  Speaker 2: coming back from injury is not easy. These are options
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  Speaker 2: internally that they have which aren't bad options to have.
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  Speaker 1: Not to get into the bullpen too much, but I
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  Speaker 1: kind of like the idea of having a couple of
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  Speaker 1: long relievers there, like in the beginning of the season,
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  Speaker 1: like why push it with Braxton or Jared or really anyone,
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  Speaker 1: just let them go five and then just kind of
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  Speaker 1: have two or three guys in addition to Majinski and
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  Speaker 1: Bakker that can give you multiple ups and kind of
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  Speaker 1: stretch it out. And you keep them stretched out to
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  Speaker 1: where if someone goes down, you can say, all right,
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  Speaker 1: we could do a bullpen game or we could have
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  Speaker 1: like a traditional start, albeit an abbreviated one. I think
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  Speaker 1: they have, they're setting up pretty well next year as
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  Speaker 1: far as their internal depth. Again, assuming their, their big
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  Speaker 1: dogs don't have any regressions. Mark, did you have anything
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  Speaker 1: to say before we wrap it up?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I was just going to throw out one more
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  Speaker 3: name towards the very, very end. Seth Hernandez is still
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  Speaker 3: lurking around. You know, I don't think he'll probably make
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  Speaker 3: this rotation next year, but come September, if he's ready
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  Speaker 3: and the pirates are pushing for the playoffs, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I would love to see him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Why not? So, That's the way it's going to
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  Speaker 1: shape out. Yeah. Well, it's interesting. Cause that's how, when
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  Speaker 1: I look at this rotation, it's like, they're probably going
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  Speaker 1: to need a number five in September unless Keller returns
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  Speaker 1: to what Keller's form is. And we're going to get
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  Speaker 1: into that after this break. But, um, yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: regardless of what happens with their five, I think four
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  Speaker 1: of the five, you could probably depend on having a
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  Speaker 1: spot covered, um, at worst, I think you're going to
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  Speaker 1: have three spots. And then by the time you're in September,
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  Speaker 1: you're using a bullpen game anyway. So you're probably going
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  Speaker 1: to need one rotation spot come September. And he could,
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  Speaker 1: easily be the guy that fills that if it lines
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  Speaker 1: up that way. We're going to take a quick break.
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  Speaker 1: When we come back, we're going to talk about what
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  Speaker 1: type of additions we potentially could see the Pirates making
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  Speaker 1: to this rotation here on Bucko Territory.
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  Speaker 1: Alright, so as we said, the Pirates don't have a
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  Speaker 1: ton of work to do for the rotation. It's really
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  Speaker 1: going to come down to internal improvement because this is
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  Speaker 1: really the main area of the team where I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if it would make a ton of sense to...
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  Speaker 1: put a lot of external money into like to sign
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  Speaker 1: a big free agent. Now, if they did, that would
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  Speaker 1: be fun. You know, if you just said, Hey, let's,
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  Speaker 1: let's double down on our strength. But considering, you know,
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  Speaker 1: how finances are always kind of limited here, not kind of,
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  Speaker 1: they just are. I don't know if that would make
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  Speaker 1: the most sense for them because you could probably bank
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  Speaker 1: on some of these guys to get better. So with
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  Speaker 1: that said, is it's a position that you really need
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  Speaker 1: to make any, External additions. They, they, they signed one
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  Speaker 1: guy last year. It was Jose or Katie. He broke camp,
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  Speaker 1: but like there wasn't really, uh, an external guy who
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  Speaker 1: came in and started games for them, unless you count
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  Speaker 1: Lake Walker. So is that, is that something you need
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  Speaker 1: to see them do this year?
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  Speaker 2: Um, I mean, obviously we just talk internal options. You
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  Speaker 2: don't know what, you know, Mitch Keller's going to look
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  Speaker 2: like when he comes back. You don't know how those
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  Speaker 2: internal options, you know, we'll take a stride or whatever. Um,
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  Speaker 2: So to add externally, they would have to be creative,
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  Speaker 2: but if they were to, I mean, I wouldn't mind
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  Speaker 2: maybe seeing a left-handed starter. I mean, it's one of
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  Speaker 2: those situations where if you can't beat them, not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: join them, have them join you. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: But just to compliment those other four starters and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if it gives Mitch time to, you know, if it's
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  Speaker 2: a lefty that can kind of be kind of a
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  Speaker 2: swing guy where they start, but can be that guy
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  Speaker 2: when Mitch comes back healthy and, be, you know, multiple
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  Speaker 2: innings out of the pen. It's just another lefty out
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  Speaker 2: the pen. But, you know, if they were to, I
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  Speaker 2: could see maybe a left-handed starter. I mean, that was
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  Speaker 2: kind of their offense's kryptonite last, you know, this past season.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously it's one of those things where left-handed pitching
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  Speaker 2: is a premium because, you know, obviously a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people don't really grow up facing as often. But when
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  Speaker 2: you got four arms like they do, you mix in
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  Speaker 2: a lefty wrinkle, whether it's a power arm or whatever,
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  Speaker 2: It's just a different vantage point. And, you know, who knows?
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  Speaker 2: Seeing them in spring training might help them face some
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  Speaker 2: lefties in the season.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head, Josh.
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  Speaker 3: The one thing that this rotation is lacking is left-handed pitching.
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  Speaker 3: Hunter Barco is the only option right now within the system. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: and I don't know if you really want to trust him.
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  Speaker 3: He had an okay year in, like, 80 innings pitch, but...
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  Speaker 3: still just not probably good enough to cut it at
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  Speaker 3: the MLB level. And so if you want to go
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  Speaker 3: out and get like, maybe like a Jose Quintana type
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  Speaker 3: that veteran lefty who can kind of impart some wisdom
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  Speaker 3: on this rotation, but not going to break the bank
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  Speaker 3: as well. Cause I mean, you're looking at the contracts
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  Speaker 3: for starting pitching is it's absurd. If you think Mitch
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  Speaker 3: Keller is expensive, to get anything competitive is like, it's
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  Speaker 3: a $ 20 million investment just for one year. And that's
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  Speaker 3: like a Merrill Kelly type pitcher, you know, who had
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  Speaker 3: a five ERA this year. So yeah, I, if you
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  Speaker 3: can find a, like a veteran lefty, I think that's
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  Speaker 3: the best play, but it's not anything high on my
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  Speaker 3: wishlist for this off season for this team.
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  Speaker 1: I think it all starts on if Mitch Keller's back.
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  Speaker 1: I think that, honestly might be one of the top
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  Speaker 1: priorities for them. If I were running the front office,
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  Speaker 1: I would really look to get rid of Mitch. And
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  Speaker 1: even if I have to eat some of his salary,
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  Speaker 1: like I look at it, it's like, okay, well we
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  Speaker 1: have 18 million committed to Mitch this year, but if
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  Speaker 1: we can eat nine of it and then get the
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  Speaker 1: rest off the books, I've got 9 million to go
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  Speaker 1: find a. Yeah. And you can go get a nice. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: And if Mitch isn't back, then you're really looking to
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  Speaker 1: just kind of– or at least the way I would
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  Speaker 1: be approaching it would be find someone who can give
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  Speaker 1: me 70-ish innings until the trade deadline, 70 to 80
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  Speaker 1: innings until then, and then we'll see where we're at.
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  Speaker 1: And if that person, if that Andrew Heaney, Bailey Falter type–
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  Speaker 1: Bailey Falter wasn't a one-year signing, but they've had those guys, right?
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Heaney– Jose Quintana was another one, Tyler Anderson. If
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  Speaker 1: you can go find one of those, just a one year,
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  Speaker 1: $ 5 million ish, five to $ 10 million ish left-hander to
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  Speaker 1: kind of complete this rotation and at least get you
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  Speaker 1: into July. And he can cover innings for the front half.
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  Speaker 1: Cause again, I think in the back half, you're going
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  Speaker 1: to have a little bit more flexibility. I think some
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  Speaker 1: of these guys, I don't know if you're going to
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  Speaker 1: have another starter up and ready, unless if it's Hernandez.
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  Speaker 1: But I also look at like what mid season additions
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  Speaker 1: you would need to make with this team. And again,
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  Speaker 1: that might be the way to do it. Just get
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  Speaker 1: Mitch's money, get as much of Mitch's money off the
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  Speaker 1: books as possible. Use some of it to find a
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  Speaker 1: replacement to get you to the front half and then
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  Speaker 1: get to the trade deadline and see where you are.
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  Speaker 1: And you can kind of either add to your bullpen
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  Speaker 1: if you want to do bullpen games for the remainder
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  Speaker 1: in that spot or find another starting rotation member. But
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  Speaker 1: I think, yeah, getting rid of Mitch and if you
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  Speaker 1: could find a way to get all that money off
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  Speaker 1: the books, that not only gives you more possibilities with
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  Speaker 1: your rotation, just your payroll in general, you could become
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: probably a better team. But then again, you know, if
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: Mitch comes back and he pitches well, that would help too.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: But I think, yeah, the story with this position group,
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: as far as the off season acquisitions are concerned is
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: can they get rid of Mitch Keller? Can they take some,
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: can they convince someone to take all that money off
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: the books? And if so, that opens up an array
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: of possibilities. Do they want to spend big money on
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: a starter? Do they want to allocate that money elsewhere
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: and use what they have internally? Do they do something
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: in the middle? But I think if they're going to
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: ride with Mitch Keller in the next year, their options
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: as far as adding to the rotation externally are very
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: limited for the most part. All right. I want to
• 17:18
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• 17:29
  Speaker 1: any final thoughts as we wrap this one up?
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: Noah just published a column in the Post-Gazette this morning
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: as we're recording it. So make sure you go give
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: that a read. Basically just saying everyone took a lot
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: of accountability across this team, except for the people at
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: the very, very top need to do that. Need to
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: keep pushing a lot of what we discussed last episode.
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: So make sure you give that a read. Very, very
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: solid piece.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Mark. Yeah, I got nothing.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: Just going to point out, it's been fun watching some
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: playoff baseball. Yeah, it's been fun. And seeing the small
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: market teams, You know, fight, seeing what the Rays are doing,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: seeing what the Brewers have been doing. That series has
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: been electric so far. The White Sox, not a small
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: market team, but a team that was in first place
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: when this regime took over, completed an entire rebuild, and
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: is now just a couple of wins away from being
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: in the ALCS, all in the span where this regime
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: could not muster out anything better than an 82-win season. Yeah.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: That's all we got for today. He's Platinum Key. He's
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: Josh Harrison. I'm Noah Hiles. We're signing off saying thanks
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: for tuning in to another episode of Bucko Territory presented
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  Speaker 3: Take care.